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F. W. BRAINERD.

GREAMING GAN.

No. 284,172. Y Pateted Sept. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES FRANK W. BRAINERD, O F FREEPORI, ILLINOIS.l

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SPECIFICATION forming pere er1 Letters Peten/g No. 284,1?2, dated september 4, 1883.

Application filed September 20, 188:2. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern).-

Be it known thatI, FRANK IV. BEAINERD, a resident of Freeport, in the county` of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and T `useful Improvements in i Greaming-Cansgyand Ido hereby declare the 1 and cream are separated by drawing off the milk through an opening at the bottom of the can, leaving the cream. a l e rllhe object of theinvention is to make a-bot-l tom of such form that the outward flow of the milk will carryoff-any sedimentwhich may have been deposited at the bottom ofthe can,

and atthe same time to guard against any eddying of the milk andcream, whereby they might become mixed, or anyportion of the 1 cream drawn oif with the milk. e used to accomplish this result areshown in The means the accompany-ing drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of amilk-can ofthe class named, the lower part of the front of the can being cut away to show internal construcl tion of the bottom; Fig. 2, an elevation of same `at the axis of the cone.

can com plete 5 Fig. 3,a side elevation of bottom of can. l

As shown in thedrawings, the bottom is a l right cone, B, having a short tube, D, or other opening at the vertex of the cone, and lprovided with three vertical wings, C, converging These wings effectu- I ally prevent any rotary motions of the descend- 4connecfted at their l ing fluid and render -any eddy impossible.

i e `They may be-permanently attached to the sur- 40 l `convenience in cleaning the latter arrangement face of the cone orreadily removable, and for is preferable. i

\ I have found in practicethat the lower part of the wings may' be cut away,leaving the strips above the horizontal dotted` lines, as in Fig. l, and the eddying of the milk willbe pre- I 1 vented as effectually as if the entirewings, ex-

tending to the vertex of the cone,lbe'used;

Whether the entirewings be used orthe strips et the upper @dse the parte used are `rigidly 4t'onwhave1 @afines also found that a single wing extending outward from the axis of the cone, or two wings in line bisecting the Acone, will answer perfectly to prevent eddying; but e three or more converging wingsare preferable, as the structure so formed may be dropped into the bottom of the can and will hold, itself in position, while if a Vsingle wing or a bisecting partition be used some means must be used to preserve its position.

The remaining details of construction of the can are evident from the draw-ings. A plugfaucet, D E, at the vertex of the cone is opened or closed bythe lever H at the side of the can. The milk is discharged bymeansof a tube, F, extending from the faucet to a slide, K, beside which is a scale, b. A graduated glass, c, at the top of the can shows the amount of cream,

` and by setting the bottom of the slide K at a distance from the bottom of the can equal to the amount of cream and opening the faucet, the milk runs out, leaving thecream.

`I am wellaware that the combination ofthe tube, the slide, and the scales is old, and I only show it to explain the operation of the can and of the improved bottom, which constitutes my invention. l

It is evident that instead of a cone a pyramidal bottom may be used, and that either the cone or the pyramid may be either right or v oblique; also, that the bottom may be a segment of a sphere or have any other curved i form, so that it slopes downward from all directions to the 'opening sufficiently to discharge the sediment.

` It is unnecessary that the wings C extend from the discharge-opening to the periphery, of the bottom; but' the outer ends ofthe wings may be cut away,` as shown by the vertical dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I am aware that an arm attached to a central vertical shaft, and adapted to wipe the bottom of the can and at the same time to prevent ro` tary currents inl the milk, has already been patented and I do not therefore claim an arm or flange or series of flanges attached to a central or other vertical shaft; but,

l Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ises p f y l A, ortingcwmg or series of wings arranged, substantially as described, in the In testimony whereof I have signed this bottom of a oreaming-can, and adapted to prespecification in the presence of two subscribing Vent the eddying of the milk as it is discharged. witnesses.

2. In a ereaming-oan, a bottom sloping down- 5 Ward from all directions to the disehargeopen- 'FRANK W. BRAINERD. ing, in combinationwith a self-supporting Wing or series of Wings, arranged substantially as Witnesses:

described, and adapted to prevent the eddying R. II. VILEs, ofthe milk as it passes out of said disoharge- J. A. SHEETZ. Io opening. 

